Yahoo! Consumer group
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The Yahoo! Consumer group is a group included in Yahoo!’s reorganization under CEO Scott Thompson. It includes three units: Media, Connections, and Commerce.
Media unit[edit]
Led by Ross Levinsohn, the Media unit includes the Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, and Yahoo! Entertainment. Technology, — Such as the Yahoo! Publishing Platform (YPP), will be brought into close partnership with content producers and editors. This unit will continue to drive original coverage of both breaking news events, and other events such as the Royal Wedding, and the upcoming Olympics and US Elections.
Connections[edit]
Led by Shashi Seth, the Yahoo! Consumer Group includes consumer businesses that connect and inform users, which include Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Communications, as well as properties such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Flickr, Yahoo! Answers, and more.
Commerce[edit]
The focus of this team will be driving higher ROI for advertisers and agencies. The foundation of the new Commerce group will be Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Jobs, Yahoo! Personals and Yahoo! Real Estate.[1][2][3][4][5]
On April 16, 2012, Bloomberg reported that Sam Shrauger will co-lead the new consumer-commerce division with Mollie Spilman.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Swisher, Kara. "It's Official: Yahoo Reorgs Itself Just Like We Said (Memo Time!)". All Things Digital. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's memo to employees outlining the company's reorganization". San Jose Mercury News. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ Eric Savitz (10 April 2012). "Yahoo Rearranges Deck Chairs; Blake Irving Jumps Ship". Forbes. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Yahoo CEO outlines new corporate structure". USA Today. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Yahoo C.E.O. Hints at a Strategy". 10 April 2012.
- ^ Brian Womack (17 April 2012). "Yahoo Hires PayPal's Shrauger to Co-Lead Consumer-Commerce Unit". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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